When Ellie Rigby hurls her three-carat engagement ring into the gutter, she is certain of only one thing, that she has yet to know true love.

Following months of disastrous internet dates and conflicting advice from her dysfunctional friends, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Although now, instead of just looking for a man for herself, she’s certain her life’s purpose is to find deep and meaningful love for all the singles in the world.

Five years on, running the UK’s biggest matchmaking agency, and with thousands of engagements to her name, she has all the answers she needs. She knows why eighty-five percent of relationships fail. She knows why twenty-eight is the most eligible age for a woman. She knows that by thirty-five she’ll have only a thirty-percent chance of marriage.

Most of all, she knows that no matter what, it has to be perfect. Or does it?

I loved Ellie. from the very first page I thought this is a girl I could be friends with. With the opening chapter consisting of a wedding fair followed by Ellie throwing her engagement ring in the gutter I knew I was in for some drama. I absolutely loved Ellie’s idea of starting a matchmaking service. I loved hearing her thoughts on who would be a good match for who and how they were getting on.

The book is in two parts the second part is 5 years after the first. It took me a few pages to realise this as there was no indication. I felt like a whole chunk of Ellie’s life flew by and we missed it. I was saddened by this as it would have been nice to see how her life had changed over these 5 years.

Mandi and Mia Ellie’s matchmaking assistants were great. Complete polar opposites, but this made it work. Both crashing against each other to meet somewhere in the middle.

Nick…hmmm what can I say about Nick. He’s hot and very determined but other than that I’m not sure. I do not feel like I know him well enough.

This was a great read. It was funny, romantic and addictive, however it would be great to have another book about the 5 years that were skipped. This is an example of chicklit at it’s best.

Praise

Finalist – readers’ Favorite (US) Book Awards

Finalist – Best Dating Book 2013

‘As deliciously gossipy as it gets’–Sadie Nicholas, journalist

‘High drama and lots of laughs’–Susan Quilliam, Fabulous Magazine

‘Hilarious and so very, very true’ — James Preece, The Dating Guru

Excerpt

PART TWO

Chapter Fourteen

‘Blonde hair, blue eyes and big tits,’ he said to Mia.

Fortunately for him, in the four years we’d worked together, she had

learned to temper her eye rolls and her expression was fixed at

something that could have even been described as earnest.

‘Would you consider green eyes?’ Mia asked.

‘No,’ he said, pushing up his sleeves to reveal a diamond encrusted

Rolex. ‘I dated someone with green eyes once. It didn’t work

out.’

I continued typing on my keyboard on the table next to them,

brushing the hair away from my face to sneak a sideways glance at

him.

He wore a shiny grey suit, the garish end of Gucci. His watch

was obnoxiously bling like a bank balance on his wrist, his hair: blond,

Giveaway

About Haley Hill

Haley was born in London in 1977, with a big heart, big feet and big ideals. In 2005, she set up what turned out to be the UK’s biggest matchmaking agency. She has since sold it and drunk the proceeds. She lives in Battersea with her husband James, a wine merchant and consequent enabler of her habit, their twin girls and a scruffy hound called Rufus. She spends her days chasing her toddlers around the house, trying to write but mostly just messing about on Twitter.